The MacMost Question and Answer Forum is a place where you can ask how-to questions about your Mac, iPhone, iPad and other Apple products. MacMost specializes in tutorials, tips and techniques of the “how-to” variety, as opposed to “fix-it” questions that are more about something not working as expected.3/28/20
I have a MacBook Air that will not boot to OS. How do I get a copy of the OS (High Sierra) preferably on a DVD to do a fresh install?
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Larry Coblentz
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3/27/20
I’m compiling a memoir with text, photos and captions.
The writing was done in Pages as one file with chapters. I copied that file and inserted it into a new Pages document (not a template). It created a complete section of 25 pages.
Question 1) Is there a way to work ... (2 Comments)
3/26/20
I am changing my name, and would like to get a new icloud email.
Can I change my existing one and have the original one forwarded for a long time?
I am confused about Aliases, and don’t want to open a 2nd icloud account.
How do you test new icloud addresses to see if they ... (5 Comments)
3/24/20
I currently use a 2012 MacBook pro 13″ (Catalina). Since working at home, I would like a bit of a change. I would like to see my screen on a different monitor. The Flat Screen TV has HDMI as well as other inputs. Years ago I was able to do this with my 1999 laptop. What ... (3 Comments)
3/23/20
Helo Gary,
Do you have any YouTube video explaining this?
I want to total the time in, say:
A1: 1 minute and 35 seconds
A2: 3 minutes and 55 seconds
How can I sum this using the Duration Function?
I’ll appreciate your attention to this matter.
Thank you very much.
Please, ... (1 Comment)
3/23/20
I would like to pick up the iPhone or iPads and see Home page icons arranged similarly on all three. How can I manage this please?
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Robin Oram
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3/21/20
I have not bought one of the newer iPhone 11 Pro with the 3 cameras. I understand that it produces a HEIC file that works great on Facebook & Instagram but can’t use in a blog, on Photoshop or other platforms that use jpg. Is there an easier way? As an Artist, I ... (1 Comment)
3/21/20
When videoing on either side (front or back) of my iPhone 8+ the internal mic is used even though my Bluetooth headset is paired, and connected. The headset works for all other tasks on my iPhone, ie. phone calls, dictating texts, emails, etc.
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Larry McNamee
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3/21/20
Some graphics/images in the body of emails from one or two companies are blank areas when using Mail on my MacBook Pro OS 10.15.3. I CAN see them on my iPhone iOS 13.3.1. Is it some setting I’m overlooking in Mail on my MacBook pro?
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Pat
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3/20/20
If i may ask you this, as i can\’t find an answer somewhere online:
I have a sheet with many checkboxes to monitor the progress of the mixing parts for my album I\’m working on right now.
i´d love to have an extra box showing me
the progress of those steps in ... (1 Comment)
3/20/20
I am running Catalina V 10.15.3 on my recently bought new 13-inch MacBook pro.
Every time I turn the computer on, the desktop shows this big rock. I want it always to show a specific picture from my picture library.
I have tried often to look into Desktop/screensaver from System ... (4 Comments)
3/19/20
Every time I add a file to my Flash Drive, I always have to change the order of my files to “Date Modified” configuration. Is their a way to keep this from changing?
Thanks Gary
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Ken
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3/19/20
Need your directions for enabling Text Messages on iCloud on a Mac. Thank you.
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Don Palmer
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3/17/20
I’m helping a grandson’s elementary school teacher with online learning during the coronavirus outbreak. I am exporting pages children’s books projects in Pages to iMovie, and then adding recorded narration of the book text. So, the most efficient way to do this ... (3 Comments)
3/15/20
Running Catalina on a 2019 iMac, what is the best way to clean out the cache?
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Dan Callery
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3/15/20
I want to offload and save photos that are on my iPad 12.9 2018, 3rd Generation using software version 13.3.1 (17D50)
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Jerry Clay
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3/14/20
I know how to add a signature and text to a document in Preview, but can’t work out how to create and add stamps e.g. “Approved”, “Rejected”, “Declined” etc. I often have to review multi paged documents and previously would print the ... (2 Comments)
3/13/20
Some aspect of iCloud sync is messing with Mail. My wife will be composing an email on her iMac and, seemingly without provocation, it disappears from her mac and shows up on my MBP. As you might suspect, this makes her unhappy. This seems only to happen if I’m using mail ... (5 Comments)
3/13/20
Pages Version 8.1
I know this one: Find: \n Replace with: \n…..\n
I believe \n is an “invisible character”
Present problem is a document with many PC Carriage Returns and
I would like to replace them with Apple Returns.
I would like to receive a ... (1 Comment)
3/12/20
I am working on a home budgeting spreadsheet and have effectively dwindled everything down to a couple of sheets. What I would like to do is have the main table (1) of a sheet be used for expense data entry. Then I would like for another table (2) to (1) and if certain data ... (1 Comment)
